Information Commissioner's Office

Summary: The complainant made a request to the Marine Management Organisation (-�MMO-�) for details, in relation to the processing of fishing data, of when the most recent inspections had taken place by the European Commission (-�EC-�), the European Fisheries Control Agency and the Court of Auditors and for copies of any reports from those inspections and also any responses to those reports. The MMO applied regulation 12(4)(a) (information not held) and 12(4)(d) (unfinished documents) to some parts of the request. The Commissioner-�s decision is that the MMO has breached regulation 14(3)(a) of the EIR by not issuing a refusal notice stating that it did not hold any information falling within the scope of any parts of the request and citing the exception contained in regulation 12(4)(a). The Commissioner does not require the MMO to take any further steps to ensure compliance with the legislation.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: EIR 14 - Complaint Upheld